VICPOL Chief Commissioner of inaugural A380 flight
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VICPOL Chief Commissioner of inaugural A380 flight
Well Melbourne's so called moral guardian Neil Mitchell right wing shock jock and so called journalist is outraged that Christine Nixon, accompanied her husband, himself a former senior executive of Qantas on the inaugural A380 trip to Los Angeles.
Well I cannot see a conflict on interest, VicPol doesn't fly planes and any contractual arrangements would be dealt with at much lower levels.
To be criticised by a radio announcer who has his grubby hands out for any and everything he can grab is ridiculous.
Surely she is entitled to take some leave and accompany her husband on this trip?
What are your views?
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Remember when street police were carpeted for accepting free hamburgers at McDonald's? How does that compare to accepting free international travel? How will on-the-road police view that?
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Re: VICPOL Chief Commissioner of inaugural A380 flight
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Well Melbourne's so called moral guardian Neil Mitchell right wing shock jock and so called journalist is outraged that Christine Nixon, accompanied her husband, himself a former senior executive of Qantas on the inaugural A380 trip to Los Angeles.
Well I cannot see a conflict on interest, VicPol doesn't fly planes and any contractual arrangements would be dealt with at much lower levels.
To be criticised by a radio announcer who has his grubby hands out for any and everything he can grab is ridiculous.
Surely she is entitled to take some leave and accompany her husband on this trip?
What are your views?
Firstly Neil Mitchell is no shock jock, and never has his "grubby hands out for any and anything". Neil is a very well respected Journalist who has campaigned over a huge number of issues over the years. Certainly no "shock jock".
Personally I cannot stand the police commissioner. I think she has made Vic Police a far worse organisation than when she got here.
As for her taking a "freebie", well I don't think she should have taken it. As police commissioner you need to be seen as impartial and accepting a free trip could be seen as improper.
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Firstly Neil Mitchell is no shock jock, and never has his "grubby hands out for any and anything". Neil is a very well respected Journalist who has campaigned over a huge number of issues over the years. Certainly no "shock jock".
We'll agree to disagree about Neil. he is actually taking a free Qantas trip next week so maybe he is jealous he didn't get one last week?
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Personally I cannot stand the police commissioner. I think she has made Vic Police a far worse organisation than when she got here.
Can't comment on this.
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As for her taking a "freebie", well I don't think she should have taken it. As police commissioner you need to be seen as impartial and accepting a free trip could be seen as improper.
How does this affect her role? I cannot see any conflict of interest at all and it was offered to her husband based on his former role as a Qantas executive.
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We'll agree to disagree about Neil. he is actually taking a free Qantas trip next week so maybe he is jealous he didn't get one last week?
probably best. But as I listen to him most days I highly doubt he would be "jealous".And if Neil is taking a "free Qantas trip" he won't be hiding the fact either. The only reason our beloved commissioner's trip made news was it was discovered by someone else she took a free trip. She didn't say she was going on it.
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Can't comment on this.
I know quite a few police and they can't wait for the day she leaves.
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How does this affect her role? I cannot see any conflict of interest at all and it was offered to her husband based on his former role as a Qantas executive.
Impartiality. as pointed out in the article above it's the same as accepting police accepting free McDonalds etc.
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Re: VICPOL Chief Commissioner of inaugural A380 flight
I've done some ethics training previously. Utterly uninspiring stuff!
IMHO, and based on my ethics training, she is in the clear as long as she has declared it as a possible conflict of interest, managed any threat to her impartiality and correctly taken time off work.
The media is a powerful attack weapon which is currently finely homed on several targets - including Qantas. Police forces are also often a good 'target'. (suffering front line police attacked while head honchos party on etc). "Tall Poppy syndrome" is alive and well in Australia as well.
I've met Christine Dixon previously, but that doesn't cloud my judgment of her and her actions.
Would people also be concerned if she was a CL member (which I presume she is!)
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Re: VICPOL Chief Commissioner of inaugural A380 flight
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Personally I cannot stand the police commissioner. I think she has made Vic Police a far worse organisation than when she got here.
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I find very hard to watch her on the news reports either ...
However, it was only with this episode as published in the media today that I realised she is actually married.
This is to one Mr John Becquet, a former Qantas executive - as who's companion she traveled - while on annual leave!
To Quote another commentator from the same radio station:
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Her husband, John Becquet used to work for Qantas. He was in charge of crew operations when the airline launched the 747 in Australia in the 1970s. He was understandably invited as a VIP guest and his wife went with him. To use the vernacular that even Mitchell would understand - she was his handbag. A role reversal.
For goodness sake, while I often consider Neil Mitchell quite reasonable; this is one he should have let go through to the keeper!
But as I listen to him most days I highly doubt he would be "jealous".And if Neil is taking a "free Qantas trip" he won't be hiding the fact either. The only reason our beloved commissioner's trip made news was it was discovered by someone else she took a free trip. She didn't say she was going on it.
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